This weekend's rain has sent so much water flowing into Folsom Lake that the lake's level has risen more than 18 feet since the storm first began.

This weekend's rain has sent so much water flowing into Folsom Lake that the lake's level has risen more than 18 feet since the storm first began.

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Updated: 10:03 PM PST Feb 10, 2014

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WEBVTT AT THE SOLANO COUNTY COURTHOUSE. [CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY SLEEP TRAIN MATTRESS CENTERS, YOUR TICKET TO A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP!] CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE --WWW.NCICAP.ORG-- JUST LISTEN TO THAT ROAR OF THE RUNOFF. CALIFORNIA IS EXPRESSING AMAZEMENT AND AWE NOW AT THE LAKE. WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK. THIS IS FROM LIVECOPTER3. IT HAS RISEN OVER 17 FEET, BUT STATE OFFICIALS SAY ALL OF THAT RAIN STILL AMOUNTS TO VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF MAKING A DENT IN OUR DROUGHT. MIKE, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE LOOKING AT THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF ALL OF THAT RUNOFF. IT ALL IS ABOUT PERSPECTIVE. IT WOULD NOT BE A BIG DEAL, BUT THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS WATER IS SYMBOLIC ABOUT WHY SOME WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE SAW TODAY AND ALSO WHY OTHERS WERE LESS THAN THRILLED. THE ROAR -- THIS IS AMAZING. THE WHITEWATER. YES, THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THE AWE. THIS IS A LOOK OF THE RUNOFF SPILLING OVER AFTER ALL OF THE WEEKEND REYNA. NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING JUST AS DRAMATIC. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, AND NOW, LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE JUST LAST WEEK. IN THREE DAYS, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE. LOOK AT IT TODAY. AND THIS IS FOLSOM LAKE LAST WEEK, AND NOW, LOOK AT IT TODAY. AND, YES, WHILE THE PICTURES ATTRACTED PEOPLE, OFFICIALS SAY EVEN WITH THE RUNOFF, OVER 20,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, THIS WEEKEND'S RAI N BARELY NUDGED THE OVERALL CAPACITY. SO YOU CANNOT EVEN BREATHE EASIER AT THIS POINT. THAT IS RIGHT. AND BACK HERE LIVE, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM LIVECOPTER3 TO EXPLAIN WHY THE WATER MANAGERS ARE MAKING THAT COMMENT. EVEN WITH A SEVEN PERCENT RISE IN THE LAKE, THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO EVEN BEFORE THIS LAKE GETS BACK TO WHEN EVEN AVERAGE WATER LEVEL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND I MENTIONED THAT THIS SPOT WAS SYMBOLIC AS TO WHY THERE IS SO MUCH CONCERN ABOUT THE DROUGHT. AT IS BECAUSE WHERE I AM STANDING, I SHOULD BE UNDERWATER, AND THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT, I AM

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This weekend's rain has sent so much water flowing into Folsom Lake that the lake's level has risen more than 18 feet since the storm first began.